Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom was scratched from today’s scheduled start against the Tigers with back soreness.
The good news, according to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, is that the move was precautionary and deGrom feels well enough that he’s slated to throw off a mound at the Mets’ team complex instead of facing the Tigers.
Or as deGrom himself put it:
I really didn’t want to ride on the bus for a couple of hours and then go try to pitch. ... Today I feel good. Yesterday I felt good. I think it’s just more not sitting on the bus for a couple of hours and then going out there and pitching.
I suppose in that case an alternate headline could be “Jacob deGrom scratched from start with not wanting to ride a bus.”
